Los Angeles-based mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum recently put the finishing touches to Heaven & Earth, the latest album from prog rockers Yes, with a little help from Sennheiser's HD 600 headphones.
by Clive Young August 14, 2014 will mark the thirtieth anniversary of James Kalamasz founding Spectrum Recording Studios in Pompano Beach, FL. Over the years, the long-running facility has hosted names both big and small, all the while adapting to the changing times. Some of the notables who's come through the doors of Spectrum Recording include Juan Luis Guerra, The Four Tops, Clarence Clemons of The E Street Band, Dion DiMucci, Lorrie Morgan, Ronnie Milsap, Juice Newton, and The Doors of the 21st Century, among others.
"I would say that about 30 percent of the record is the 'demo' material that we kept. For example, the main guitar solo on "Mirage Year" is what I recorded using a DI into Logic at home. When we got into the studio, we just re-amped the signal through a ton of pedals and through two huge old HiWatt amplifiers. That solo means so much to me because it was the first take in my bedroom—fingers bleeding, just digging into the guitar. I think I am going to make records like that from now on. It saves so much time, and it is like deconstructing a demo and building it back up."—Tim Showalter of Strand of Oaks in MUSIC, ETC. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!